HC Deb 09 December 1947 vol 445 c153W
12. Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for War how many prisoners of war were repatriated from the United Kingdom and Middle East, respectively, during the month of November; and how many he expects to repatriate from the Middle East during the month of December.

Mr. Shinwell

Approximately 15,000 prisoners of war were repatriated from the United Kingdom and 1,000 from the Middle East during November. I hope that about 1,000 will be repatriated from the Middle East during December.

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